Features about 'ASTROPHYSICS'

Data volume is a growing problem in many scientific disciplines, as new techniques are developed for gathering information – but in the astrophysics world the data volumes are, put simply, astronomical. Gillian Law explains

What simulation could be more impressive than that of the entire universe? With only four per cent of the cosmos even visible to observers, and 13.7 billion years of history behind us, there is much for these simulations to show, as Stephen Mounsey discovers